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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Bilow who wrote (699514)2/17/2013 3:25:09 AM
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>> Still didn't find any evidence for "no fly zone was part of the signed treaty Saddam made with the US" did ya.

The no-fly zones were not specifically called for in the UN resolutions. However, 688 did demand that Iraq not engage in any repression of its population, including Kurds in the North and Shiites in the South, and the no-fly zones were the way in which the allies chose to enforce this requirement.

Of course you're going to have anti-Americans at the UN complaining. But the reality is that it was the US decision as to how to insure the protection of these populations.

There should be no bitching about it. The US was well within its rights (and should have, IMO) to restart the war at numerous points during the decade following the cease fire agreement. Saddam should have been removed after his repeated violations of the agreement; unfortunately, our president at the time lacked the backbone to do it and kicked the can for GWB to deal with.
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